page_title: Kātouzian
hierarchical_section_title: Kātouzian
caption_attribution_description: Parsi Jashan ceremony (Zoroastrianism). In this case, a house/home blessing.
context_page_description: Kātouzian in Zoroastrianism refers to the priests at the time of Jamshid who conducted the worship of Hormozd. They used to dwell in mountains and caves, praying and looking for wisdom.
  The word Kātouzian itself is a plural form of the word Kātouzi.
  According to Shahnameh, Jamshid had divided the people into four groups:
  Kātouzians
  Neysārians: The warriors who protected the people by the might of their arms
  Nāsoudians: The farmers who grew the grain that fed the people
  Hotokhoshians: The artisans, who produced goods for the ease and enjoyment of the people
  In Shahnameh, Ferdowsi says:
  Then to the joy of all he founded castes
  For every craft; it took him fifty years.
  Distinguishing one caste as sacerdotal
  To be employed in sacred offices,
  He separated it from other folk
  And made its place of service on the mountains
  That God might be adored in quietude.
context_section_description: Kātouzian in Zoroastrianism refers to the priests at the time of Jamshid who conducted the worship of Hormozd. They used to dwell in mountains and caves, praying and looking for wisdom.
  The word Kātouzian (Persian: کاتوزیان‎) itself is a plural form of the word Kātouzi (Persian: کاتوزی‎).
  According to Shahnameh, Jamshid had divided the people into four groups:
  Kātouzians
  Neysārians: The warriors who protected the people by the might of their arms
  Nāsoudians: The farmers who grew the grain that fed the people
  Hotokhoshians: The artisans, who produced goods for the ease and enjoyment of the people
  In Shahnameh, Ferdowsi says: 
  Then to the joy of all he founded castes
  For every craft; it took him fifty years.
  
  Distinguishing one caste as sacerdotal
  
  To be employed in sacred offices,
  
  He separated it from other folk
  
  And made its place of service on the mountains
  
  That God might be adored in quietude.
caption: Zoroastrians Spiritual Ceremony
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